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G. s. SMITH, G. HAYnoNs P. H. URM. GOIN SHGOTING MACHINE.

No. 553,078. Patented Jam. 414, 1896.

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G. S.`SMITH,1"G1. HAYDON su RHY URRY.

G01N SHOOTING. MACHINE.

N. 553,078. Patented Jan. 14, 1896.

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GEORGE SOMMERVILLE SMITH, GEORGE HAYDON, AND FRANK H. LTR-RY, OE LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS OF ONEl-IALE TO FUCHS MICHAEL MAR- TIN, OE SAME PLACE.

COIN-SHOOTING MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming* part of Letters Patent N0. 553,078, dated January 14:, 1896. pplioatiiiled May 23, 1895. Serial No. 550,327. (No model.) Patented in England November l2, 1894, No. 21,756.

To abi whom t may concern.' struction, being open at the top and of more Be it Vknown that We, GEORGE SOMMER- than sufficient size to receive the coin, While VILLE SMITH, GEORGE HAYDON, and FRANK at the bottom of each barrel is a slot B4 by Hnnvnv URRY, subjects of the Queen of which the coin may pass away. To insure 5 Great Britain, residing at Grays Inn Road, the coin passing ythrough the slot B4 in a ver- 5 5 in the city of London, England, have intical position or edgewise We provide a partivented a certain new and useful Ooin-Shoot tion B5 fastened vertically inside the barrel ing Machine, (for Which apa-tent has been parallel with the slot B4 dividing the barrel granted to us in Great Britain, bearing date into two equal compartments. We generally io November l2, 1804;,No. 21,75G,) of Which the pivot the partition B5 about centrally, as 6o following is a specification. shown at Fig. G, but the upper edge of the par- This invention refers to a gaine of skill in tition should be below the top of the barrel. which varying results are obtained by shoot The coins received by the barrels B B B"2 ing a coin into receptacles displayed within pass therefrom into a shoot O, the inclinai 5 the machine', such coin being in certain cirtion of which causes the coins to be conveyed 65 cumstances returned again to the shootingback to the firing-point, so that every coin so point and capable of being reshot, or returned conveyed maybe again iired but not returned to the operator, or freeing coin-controlled to the operator. If, however, the coin falls mechanism for the delivery of articles in exinto the barrel B3, it is received bya chute D zo change therefor, or the coin may fall into the leading to Ythe outside of the case at D', 7o

case or box. whereby the coin is returned to the operator. rith reference to the accompanying dran Instead of the coin being directly returned ings, Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is it may be conducted into a machine to free a a similarview, the door and certain parts bedelivery mechanism and enable the operator 25 ing partially removed to show arrangements to obtain an article therefrom. l

hereinafter mentioned. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal The coin is inserted into the machine by section on the line y of Fig. l. Fig. -fi is a the aperture E, Figs. l and '-i, passing bythe detached sectional view on the line 4r. y' of guide passage F into a vertical chute G, Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a view of part of the under wherein the coins are retained in {approx} 3o side of the returned coin-chute. Eig. G is a mately) an upright position until shot there- So vertical cross-section,on an increased scale, of from. The front of the chute G is perforated one of the coin-reeeptacles; and Fig. 7, a horiso that the coin may be visible. The base of Zontal section on line a? (y2 of 6. the chute G is partially closed, the opening The machine consists of a case A having a being of such size that it retains a coin of plate-glass front A carried by a hinged frame the proper size While allowing its lower edge S 5 A2. In the interior are arranged a series of to project somewhat below the opening to be receptacles-say in the form of barrels B B struck by the shooting appliance hereinafter B2, rbc-each marked with numbers or indimentioned. Goins placed in the machine of caters. A ronr of four barrels B B B2 B3 is less than the predetermined size fall into the 4.o shown rising from right to left, the top of case Aeither by the aperture E' in the guide- 9o cach barrel being somewhat above the prepassage F, Fig. 2, or by the base of the chute ceding one. The barrel B nearest the iiring G, or if by chance it comes into the barrel B3 point may bear the lowest number, B' a it will still escape by the opening D2 in the higher, and so on.. in some cases, although chute D, Fig. 5.

45 not so shown, the barrels B B B2 may be The shooting apparatus is composed ol: a 95 placed close together, While B3 may be a suflever H, mounted upon a pivot H. One end icient distance away, and thereby allow the of this lever H protrudes through a slot in coin, if `not shot into either barrel, to fall the case and forms a trigger H2, by Whichthe through the interspace. lever may be pressed down against the ela-s- 50 The barrels B B', itc., are similar in conticity of a spring J attached thereto. The roo lever H has a rear projection H3 extending across the lower opening of the chute G to act as a striker for the coin.

When a coin has been inserted, upon the trigger H2 being pulled down and released sharply the rear projection H'rs strikes the lower edge of the coin in the chute G and impels it upward with a trajectory, varying in degree according to the force With which the coin has been struck. The coin is thus thrown out of the chute G laterally, and an adjustable impact-plate K, Fig. 2, is provided by which its course is directed toward the barrels, as is indicated bythe dotted lines, Fig. 2. back of the case A to direct the falling coin into the barrels.

Attached to the case is a scoring apparatus L having pointers L L2 capable of being slid in slots to indicate numbers on an index and record the numbers gained.

Instead of the barrels being upright they may be placed in other positions, and instead of barrels other receptacles may be used, such as a board with holes therein.

Ve claim- Y f l. In a coin shooting game machine the combination with the case A, a transparent front A thereto, a vertical entrance chute G for the coin, a coin shooting spring lever H at the base of the chute G operated from outside the case, and an impact plate K to direct the coin through'a side opening in the chute G; of a number of receptacles B to receive the falling coin, a chute D to conduct the coin from one special receptacle to the exterior of the case, and an inclined coin chute C from the remaining receptacles to the coin shooting lever to conduct a coin entering any of K is a guide-plate inclined from the.

these receptacles back to the shooting point to be again shot, as set forth.

2. In a coin shooting machine, the co1nbination with the case A., a transparent front A', thereto, an entrance chute G. for the coin` a coin shooting spring lever H, located at the base of the chute G, to be operated from the exterior of the case, and an impact plate K. to direct the coin laterally; of several receptacles each marked With a numerical value to receive the falling coin, a chute D, to conduct the coin falling into one receptacle to the exterior of the case, and an inclined. chute C. from the remaining receptacles to return the coin to the shooting device to be again projected, substantially as set forth.

3. In a coin shooting game machine, the combination With the inclosing glass fronted case A, a coin entrance chute, a spring coin projecting mechanism and a deiiecting plate K in the chute to direct the projected coin f laterally; of a number of open mouthed receptacles B B B2 B3 to receive the falling coin` avcrtical pivoted partition in the interior or' each receptacle to cause the falling coin to assume an edgewi'se position and an exit slot B4 at the base of each receptacle, a coin chute D from one receptacle to the exterior of the case, and a coin chute C from the remaining` receptacles to return the coin to the firing point to be again projected, substantially as set forth.

G. SOMMERVILLE SMITH.

GEORGE HAYDON.

FRANK H. URRY.

Vitnesses:

L. N. ROGERS, E. WV. ERVILLE. 

